29TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, RCA

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LINEAGE

This Reserve Force regiment originated in St.
Catharines, Ontario on 1 July 1898 when the '2nd
Brigade of Field Artillery' was authorized to be
formed.1 It was redesignated: '3rd Brigade, CFA'
on 2 February 1920;2 '3rd Field Brigade, CA' on
1 July 1925;3 '3rd Field Brigade, RCA' on
3 June 1935;4 '3rd (Reserve) Field Brigade, RCA'
on 7 November 1940;5 '3rd (Reserve) Field
Regiment, RCA' on 15 March 1943;6 '29th Field
Regiment, RCA' on 1 April 1946;7 '29th Field
Regiment (Self-propelled), RCA' on 19 June 1947;8
and '29th Field Artillery Regiment (Self-Propelled),
RCA' on 12 April 1960.9 Upon redesignation as the
'29th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA' on
15 March 1965, it was reduced to nil strength and
transferred to Supplementary Order of Battle.10

Perpetuations

'3rd Field Artillery Brigade, CFA, CEF'

Notes:
The 3rd Brigade, CFA was disbanded for the purpose of
reorganization on 3 January 1921 and reorganized the same day
(GO 61/21). This change was administrative and does not affect
the lineage of the brigade.

The 3rd Brigade, CFA was authorized a Reserve order of battle
counterpart on 1 November 1920 (GO 186/20). The reserve unit
was disbanded on 14 December 1936 (GO 3/37).

Headquarters Location

Sarnia, Ontario11

OPERATIONAL HISTORY

The First World War

The 3rd Brigade, which was authorized on
6 August 1914 as the '3rd Field Artillery Brigade,
CFA, CEF',12 embarked for Britain on
1 October 1914.13 It disembarked in France on
16 February 1915,14 where it provided field artillery
support as part of the 1st and 4th Canadian
Divisional Artilleries in France and Flanders until
the end of the war.15 The brigade was disbanded
on 23 October 1920.16

11. The regiment was relocated from Toronto to Sarnia at the time of its transfer to the Supplementary Order of Battle / Le régiment fut re-localisé de Toronto à Sarnia au moment de son transfert à l'Ordre de bataille supplémentaire.

13. G.W.L. Nicholson, The Gunners of Canada. The History of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, vol. 1 (Toronto, 1967), p. 200.

14. Colonel A. F. Duguid, The Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914-1919, vol. 1 - Appendices (Ottawa, 1938), p. 454.

15. G.W.L. Nicholson, The Gunners of Canada. The History of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, vol. 1 (Toronto, 1967), passim.

16. GO 191/20. Although this formation is not specifically listed, this is considered the official date of disbandment as it is the General Order in which the batteries of the brigade were disbanded / Même si cette formation n'est pas spécifiquement listée, l'on considère cette date comme étant celle de sa dissolution officielle puisqu'elle correspond à celle de toutes les batteries de la brigade.

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